The Crucifixion (recto), The Resurrection (verso) from an Ethiopian prayer book - Chester Beatty's Digital Collections

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Description

Object no:: W 942.2

Title:: The Crucifixion (recto), The Resurrection (verso) from an Ethiopian prayer book

Creator:: Unknown
Ethiopia

Production date:: 17th or beginning of the 18th century

Dimensions:: 267 mm x 179 mm (height x width)

Material:: Parchment (material) Ink (material) Pigment (material)

Collection:: Ethiopian collection

Document type:: Manuscript

Object name:: Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Description:: One of two detached folios from an Ethiopian prayer book illustrating, on the recto, the Crucifixion and, on the verso, the Resurrection, painted and written on parchment in the 17th or beginning of the 18th century in Ethiopia and written in Ge'ez.

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